240 chemical units flouting norms
Ahmedabad: The state government has admitted that 240 complaints of irregularities have been reported about chemical units in Ahmedabad city and district. The state government was replying to the question
Times Of India (Ahmedabad)
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14k malnourished kids in G'nagar
Gandhinagar district has 14,332 malnourished children, according to the state government's own data. What's more, 1,374 children of these are severely underweight. The state capital Gandhinagar city
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Ahmedabad to have smart power grid by October
AHMEDABAD: Come October and Ahmedabad will have probably India's first smart grid system in place where consumers will be able to pick a suitable plan for electricity consumption like they do for cellphones.
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Sardar Sarovar dam height: NCA nod for construction
Acting on its June 12 order raising the height of Sardar Sarovar dam in Gujarat, the Narmada Control Authority (NCA) has issued an order giving permission to the Sardar Sarovar Nigam Limited (SSNL) to
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Human mobility boosts spread of dengue: Study
Human mobility is more to blame for the spread of dengue than mosquitoes, says a study conducted by IITGandhinagar (IIT-Gn) on the incidence of the disease in the city. The study titled, 'Modelling spread
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Amdavad wastes 40 crore litres of water every day
AHMEDABAD: As delayed rains leave you feeling parched, it's time to face a bitter truth. We Amdavadis waste a whopping 39.34 crore litres of water every single day. We waste water in long showers, in washbasins
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Bhavnagar village sets example in river interlinking
Connecting the country's big rivers may still look a far-fetched idea, but a village in Bhavnagar has shown the way in its own small way. Two rivers in Ugamedi, about 70 km from Bhavnagar, have already
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Madhya Pradesh tests Modi’s lion-transfer mood
AHMEDABAD: The Madhya Pradesh government has forwarded a proposal for Rs 80 crore assistance to the Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF), for the lion conservation project to be taken up at
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Solar panel makers yet to get government subsidy of over Rs 30 crore
When Narendra Modi was chief minister of Gujarat he aggressively promoted renewable source of energy with focus on generating solar electricity. But the manufacturers of solar panels for water heater systems
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Pollution killed aquatic life in Sabarmati
Unchecked littering has cost us our rivers and this is particularly true about Sabarmati which today has more garbage than water downstream in the city. Religious paraphernalia thrown from bridges, agricultural
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Degrees of damage should decide penalty
Just why is it so difficult for the pollution control boards to check contamination of our rivers despite frequent closure notices and punitive action against the guilty? Senior environmental engineers